Myrmidon
See also: myrmidon
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes), a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών (murmēdṓn, “ant-nest”), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Myrmidon (plural Myrmidons)
- (Greek mythology) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.
- 1855, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter XII, in The Age of Fable:
- The Myrmidons were the soldiers of Achilles, in the Trojan war. From them all zealous and unscrupulous followers of a political chief are called by that name, down to this day. But the origin of the Myrmidons would not give one the idea of a fierce and bloody race, but rather of a laborious and peaceful one.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
member of a tribe who accompanied Achilles
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Proper noun edit
Myrmidon
- (Greek mythology) The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.
Translations edit
ancestral hero
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Further reading edit
- Myrmidons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Myrmidon (hero) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German edit
Proper noun edit
Myrmidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Myrmidon)
- (Greek mythology) Myrmidon
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 80:
- Das sehe ich jedem gleich an, ob er einen brauchbaren Patienten abgeben kann, denn dazu gehört Talent, Talent gehört zu allem, und dieser Myrmidon hier hat auch kein bißchen Talent.
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Declension edit
Declension of Myrmidon [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- Myrmidon on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de